It’s just plain hard to part ways with items you’ve spent a lot of time, energy and money on (who could forget their first flip phone, car or embroidered jean jacket?). But when it comes to your old baby monitor, we can think of many reasons to bid it adieu and never look back. Here...CONTINUE READING

Grab your tissues and nasal aspirators! It’s the most sniffly time of the year. Like most parents, the thought of cold season probably strikes fear in your heart. For good reason. Infants can get seven colds in their first year alone, the Mayo Clinic says, all of which can seriously disrupt sleep. Even if your...CONTINUE READING

In short, sleep associations are anything your baby associates with, you guessed it, sleep. Here’s a common example: thumb sucking. If a baby or child sucks their thumb as they doze off, that behavior is associated in their mind with catching Zs. Sure, it’s a nifty term, but why might you want to know it?...CONTINUE READING

When your baby’s bedtime routine isn’t working — that is, when they’re keeping up the neighborhood, or at least mom, dad, siblings and the family pet — it can help to have a backup plan. You aren’t the first parent who’s had to go beyond normal means to send the baby off to sleep. Over...CONTINUE READING

In our series “Ask a Sleep Expert,” we pose a question to pediatric sleep consultant Ingrid Prueher, founder of BabySleepWhisperer.com, and get her expert insight and advice. My baby’s sleep is on track. But now I’m the one having trouble falling asleep, especially after checking on the baby in the middle of the night. What...CONTINUE READING

When we dreamed up Nanit, we did more than research other monitors. We actually talked to moms and dads about their day-to-day monitor struggles. We heard it all. The good, the bad and the ugly, from fuzzy images to bulky designs that seemed more at home in the 80’s than in the modern nursery. Your...CONTINUE READING

If there’s one thing that posting photos to social media has taught us it’s that lighting is everything (what on earth did we do before filters?). It’s the same thing with your baby’s sleep. Lighting plays a huge role in how your little one gets those zzz’s. So how can you use the power of...CONTINUE READING

There’s nothing we enjoy more than a good bedtime book…well, except maybe a full eight hours of sleep! Our staff is made up of more than 80% parents, so we know that a book before bed can often be one of the most memorable parts of the bedtime routine (it cues sleep and allows for...CONTINUE READING

Unfortunately, dads aren’t always seen as being as crucial to infants’ lives as their mothers are. But luckily for dads who want to be there for (almost) every bedtime, every giggle and burp, there are numerous ways to get involved in their kids’ lives from the very start — and remain a fixture forever. Because,...CONTINUE READING

There are some things in life we just can’t get enough of. Weekend family time. The changing color of the leaves come fall. Those chocolates hotels leave on pillows. And, of course, good sleep advice. In fact, we’re on the constant lookout for helpful tips and tricks when it comes to improving zzz’s for babies...CONTINUE READING

Ah, sweet sleep! Remember those days when you could sleep until 10, take leisurely naps on the weekends and the only time you woke up in the middle of the night was to scribble a note in your dream journal? Well, those days might seem far, far away since baby entered the picture. But have...CONTINUE READING

Do’s and Don’ts for Safe Sleep We’re the kind of people who notice everything, from trends in sleep data to the slightly crooked diplomas hanging on our favorite doctor’s office wall. We studied many a nursery in perfecting Nanit. And, in doing so, we noticed something important – some sleep environments weren’t completely optimized for...CONTINUE READING

When we set out to create the world’s smartest baby monitor, we threw ourselves into research. That meant talking to parents one-on-one and examining how they used their current monitors. Right away we noticed a big problem. Parents struggled to find a safe spot for the monitor, one that kept cords out of the way,...CONTINUE READING

How Often Should You Change Your Baby’s Diaper at Night? Sleep comes at a premium for you and your baby. That’s why you might find yourself asking this question in the middle of the night: Do I need to change my baby’s dirty diaper? During the day, that’s a straightforward question. But at night, it’s...CONTINUE READING

In our new series “Ask a Sleep Expert,” we pose a question from a reader to pediatric sleep consultant Ingrid Prueher, founder of BabySleepWhisperer.com, and get her expert insight and advice. “My baby was sleeping through the night. Then all of a sudden, at seven months, he stopped. What happened?” –Regina, State College, Pennsylvania Ingrid:...CONTINUE READING